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05-03-2005, 09:38 AM
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Hello,
Friend of mine crasched(rolled baddly) my 89 951,with K27/8 and other mods, yesterday.
I have here one s2 Cabrio with slight motorproblem for sale and I was thinking of changcing the techniks between 2cars.But I have no idea about the cabrio body strength.I know there are few of 951 cabrios also made but are they same as S2 cabrio(body I mean).All the information is welcome.
Sorry for the spelling mistakes.
Regards,
Porkee
Friend of mine crasched(rolled baddly) my 89 951,with K27/8 and other mods, yesterday.
I have here one s2 Cabrio with slight motorproblem for sale and I was thinking of changcing the techniks between 2cars.But I have no idea about the cabrio body strength.I know there are few of 951 cabrios also made but are they same as S2 cabrio(body I mean).All the information is welcome.
Sorry for the spelling mistakes.
Regards,
Porkee
Last edited by porkee; 05-03-2005 at 03:23 PM.
05-03-2005, 12:03 PM
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Porkee,
The S2 and 951S cab do share the same body structure.
The cab can feel a bit shakey on rough roads, but as the speed increases so does the stability and solid feel.......so, I'd say the more power, the better !!!!!
Tommy
The S2 and 951S cab do share the same body structure.
The cab can feel a bit shakey on rough roads, but as the speed increases so does the stability and solid feel.......so, I'd say the more power, the better !!!!!
Tommy
05-03-2005, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by tommye
Porkee,
The S2 and 951S cab do share the same body structure.
The cab can feel a bit shakey on rough roads, but as the speed increases so does the stability and solid feel.......so, I'd say the more power, the better !!!!!
Tommy
The S2 and 951S cab do share the same body structure.
The cab can feel a bit shakey on rough roads, but as the speed increases so does the stability and solid feel.......so, I'd say the more power, the better !!!!!
Tommy
I made the deal already with the S2 cab seller and will start the transfeer between two cars next week.Let`s see how she will hold this power.Some SAD PICTURES from my 951 http://eku.3lite.ee/Sad-Story .Let her rest in peace but her soul will go on.
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Porkee
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05-03-2005, 04:35 PM
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Porkee,
I have done this swap and it is pretty straight forward, should be especially so in your case because the S2 I started with had an engine fire. If you have any questions feel free to PM me or just post here and I'll do what I can to help. As was stated by Tommy, the cab chasis can handle the power fine....
I have done this swap and it is pretty straight forward, should be especially so in your case because the S2 I started with had an engine fire. If you have any questions feel free to PM me or just post here and I'll do what I can to help. As was stated by Tommy, the cab chasis can handle the power fine....
05-03-2005, 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Maciek
Porkee,
I have done this swap and it is pretty straight forward, should be especially so in your case because the S2 I started with had an engine fire. If you have any questions feel free to PM me or just post here and I'll do what I can to help. As was stated by Tommy, the cab chasis can handle the power fine....
I have done this swap and it is pretty straight forward, should be especially so in your case because the S2 I started with had an engine fire. If you have any questions feel free to PM me or just post here and I'll do what I can to help. As was stated by Tommy, the cab chasis can handle the power fine....
this one had an engine fire also but not much just near fuel-rail and some wires and plastics.Hope to use that 3,0 block one day also.It`s been very sad day for me and it`s good to hear something optimistic.I hope to ge it done so soon as possible because here in Estonia we have not so long summertime.But since it`s not my dayli driver I will go with the cab.Thank`s for an help offer.
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Porkee
05-03-2005, 05:55 PM
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Very sad indeed. I truly simpathize. However, how bad does a driver have to be to roll a 951? Really, these cars are glued to the road. I hope your friend is okay too. Good luck with your ride.
Very sad indeed. I truly simpathize. However, how bad does a driver have to be to roll a 951? Really, these cars are glued to the road. I hope your friend is okay too. Good luck with your ride.
05-03-2005, 06:05 PM
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Must have been a slow roll, or that rear hatch probably would have bought the farm.
Looks like safe deformation on the passenger and drivers side roof.
No sunroof, I wonder how that would have supported..better or worse?
Looks like safe deformation on the passenger and drivers side roof.
No sunroof, I wonder how that would have supported..better or worse?
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05-03-2005, 06:30 PM
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I let a friend drive mine once..........only once, never again will anyone drive my car, the idiot almost wrecked it. Sorry about your car, don't let your friend drive the cab as they don't do so good in rollovers.
05-03-2005, 10:41 PM
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A long time ago (back in '81), I let a friend borrow my '71 Challenger convertible (numbers matching with a 440 in it, it had some rust but was pretty nice) to take a girl on a first date. He managed to lose it in a corner on a lake road and dunked the car. I have been a LOT more selective about who I loan nice cars to ever since. To paraphrase one of my Harley buddies t-shirt:
My wife, sure
My dog, maybe
My Porsche, NEVER!
Regards, ...Scott
(um, actually, I am kidding about my wife and dog, so don't ask... lol)
My wife, sure
My dog, maybe
My Porsche, NEVER!
Regards, ...Scott
(um, actually, I am kidding about my wife and dog, so don't ask... lol)
05-03-2005, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by sh944
My wife, sure
My dog, maybe
My Porsche, NEVER!
Regards, ...Scott
My dog, maybe
My Porsche, NEVER!
Regards, ...Scott
thats great
sorry to hear about your misfortune. Hopefully in time you will have a very nice 951 cab
05-04-2005, 02:08 AM
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That's a tough lesson, sad to see a nice car go like that. The interior held together pretty well through the roll, that's a sign of craftsmanship. Nice wheels, those are kinda hard to find around here!
Wish you the best with the new cab.
Wish you the best with the new cab.
05-04-2005, 02:23 AM
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Thank`s for all of You guys.
It was a good lesson for me and PORSCHE-NEVER will go from here on.
The roll was pretty hard and when I looked at the marks on the road or to say no marks on the first 100m-the car went airborne.After that a funny tiremark at 1m high on the pole and after that few rolls to the ditch.It was a really long and fast corner,so I have no idea what went wrong because I have driven with this guy on the track and we are both used to drive Porsches.
He is right now in the hospital with some broken bones but nothing serios.
Hope to get that cab http://eku.3lite.ee/album11 ready as soon as possible.It needs a new rear bumper because when the driver saw some smoke comming under the hood he hitted brakes so hard that the car behind him didn`t have the time to stop and hitted him but there is only slight bumper damage(and I have one red on
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Regards,
Porkee
It was a good lesson for me and PORSCHE-NEVER will go from here on.
The roll was pretty hard and when I looked at the marks on the road or to say no marks on the first 100m-the car went airborne.After that a funny tiremark at 1m high on the pole and after that few rolls to the ditch.It was a really long and fast corner,so I have no idea what went wrong because I have driven with this guy on the track and we are both used to drive Porsches.
He is right now in the hospital with some broken bones but nothing serios.
Hope to get that cab http://eku.3lite.ee/album11 ready as soon as possible.It needs a new rear bumper because when the driver saw some smoke comming under the hood he hitted brakes so hard that the car behind him didn`t have the time to stop and hitted him but there is only slight bumper damage(and I have one red on
).Regards,
Porkee
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05-04-2005, 02:47 AM
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Originally Posted by sh944
A long time ago (back in '81), I let a friend borrow my '71 Challenger convertible (numbers matching with a 440 in it, it had some rust but was pretty nice) to take a girl on a first date. He managed to lose it in a corner on a lake road and dunked the car. I have been a LOT more selective about who I loan nice cars to ever since. To paraphrase one of my Harley buddies t-shirt:
My wife, sure
My dog, maybe
My Porsche, NEVER!
Regards, ...Scott
(um, actually, I am kidding about my wife and dog, so don't ask... lol)
My wife, sure
My dog, maybe
My Porsche, NEVER!
Regards, ...Scott
(um, actually, I am kidding about my wife and dog, so don't ask... lol)
05-04-2005, 07:32 AM
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Seems to me 951's are getting very rare in Estonia ! I was told there were 4 951's over there. I bought one just couple of weeks ago for parts (also badly crashed) If you are selling your car for parts i might be interested.